Current Affairs 2011-2012

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CURRENT AFFIAIRS FINAL TEST

1.What are true about World Food Prize?

1)This was first time announced in the year 1987

2)Norman Borlaug is the first person to receive this award

3)This prize winner of 2011 were Lulan da silva and John Agye kum.

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3

2. I)Communist Party of China recently celebreated their 90 anniversary in the year 2011at shanghai

II) Petra Kvitova from Russia won her first Wimbleton title

a)I Correct b)II Correct

c)Both Correct d)Both Wrong

3.Which was the first place to start National Socio Economic and Caste Census-2011

a)Raipur

bUthaipui

c)Hezemara

d)Gwahati

4.What are True about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

1) SCO was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,

Tajikistan,Uzbekistan.

2) The official language of SCO is Chinese and Russian

3)The 10th Jubilee summit of SCO was helt at Tashkent(Uzbekistan)

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3


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5.I)World poorest nation meet was helt at Istanbul

II)Philip Roth was awarded Man Booker International Prize 2011



6. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understading 2009 was given to

a)Wangari Mathai

b)Angela Merkel

c)Christine Lagrade

d)Prathipa Patil

7.What are True about Tiger Reserve?

1)B.R.Hills in Chamraja Nagar was listed has 40th tiger Reserve

2) Kudermurk in Chiamgalur was the 41st Tiger Reserve siuated Orissa

2)Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarkhand was the first tiger reserve in India

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)1,3 d)2,3

8. Which country recently awarded King Abdulaziz Medal to Talmiz Ahmad

a)Bangladesh

b)Pakistan

c)Saudi Arabia

d)Oman

9.I)China celebrated year of 2011 has Tourism Year


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II) Weifang cup is an under 19 football match cup


c)Both Correct d)Both W rong

10.In which field Bhakthi Kulkarn of Goa recently won the national championship?

a)Kabbadi

b) Athletics

c)Chess

d) Shooting

11.What are true about Prahar?

1)Prahar means to Strike

2)It is an Air to Surface Missile range about 150km

3)This was tested by DRDO at Chandipur, Orissa

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3

12. I)Swadhinata Sammanona award was conferred by Bagladesh to Late PM Indira Gandhi

II) Rohinton Nariman is appointed as Air Chief Marshall



13.Hina Rabbani Khar was recently in news because?

a)She was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award for IU

b)She was the first women Foreign Minister of Pakistan

c)She won the National Championship for Chess


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d)She was the first women Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia

14.What are True about Agni Missile ?

1) The first missile of the series, Agni-I was developed under the Integrated Guided MissileDevelopment Program and tested 1991.

2) Agni V will be the missile with longest range of 5000km

3)Agni V test fired from Sriharikotta

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3

15.I)Uruguay defeat Praguay to win 15th Copa American Football Cup

II)Vidhay Pillai won the National Senior Women Snooker Title



16. Who among the following awarded with Polly Umrigar Award(2009-2010)?

a)Zaheer Khan

b)Sachin Tendulkarl

c)Dhoni

d)Rahual Dravid

17.What are True?

1)Sydney Peace Prize has been awarded to Julian Assange

2) Maheshwar Hydro Power Project is at Maharastra

2)Novok Dijokovic of serbia won the Wimbleton 2011

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)1,3 d)2,3


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18. Who headed 5th Joint Parliamentary Committee?

a)Sharat Pawar

b)PC Chako

c)Ram Niwas Mirdha

d)Sankaranand

19.I)American space agencyRoskomos said Soyuz would be the worlds only life line to the

international space station

II) Archery World Cup 2011 held at Ogden USA



20.Asian Champion Trophy for Men and Women 2011 was held at?

a)Shangai

b) Ordos

c)New Delhi

d) Columbo

21) What are true ?

1)World Badminton Championship 2011 held at London

2)Operation Paryavarav Suraksha 2011-for removal of Oil Spills

3)16th Nam held at Delhi,India

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3


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22. I)Crotia is going to be the 28th EU Member State

II) Buran(Snow Strom) was the Russias Space Shuttle which is fully reusable space shutter



23.Who is the Chairman of Railway Board?

a)Bhatra

b)Vinnay Mital

c)Ramesh Chandra Chopra

d)Narayana Moorthy

24.What are True about JUNO ?

1) This was launched by Nasa to Jupiter

2) JUNO will go around jupiter for 3 years

3)JUNO will spend the first 2 years of its mission going around Earth

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)2,3 d)1,3

25.I)Colposcopy is used to detect TB

II)Doctors in Spain performed the World first double leg transplanant



26. Electro Myography Sensor is to Monitor the electrical activity in

a)Skin

b)Muscles


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c)Heart

d)Lungs

2 7.What are True?

1)National Centre for Organic Faring is at Faridabad

2) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavan Award was given to SPIC MACAY(Society for the promotion of Indian

Classical Music and Culture among Youth)

2)World Summit on Sustainable development was held at South Africa

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)1,3 d)2,3

28. Which planet recently completed its first orbit since its discovery in 1846 by German

Astronomer John Galle?

a)Jupiter

b)Mars

c)Uranus

d)Neptune

29.I)Veerendra Kumar is the Chairman of Press Trust of India

II) World Athletic Championship was held at Mexico



30.AAI International Grand Master Chess tournament winner Fabiano Caruana belongs to

a)China

b) USA

c)Italy


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35.I)Typhoons Talas hits China recently

II)Nelliampathy is the second biggest abode of the most endagered Lion Tailed Macaque



36. Un Conference on Bio Diversity 2012 was held at

a)Ontario

b)Bangalore

c)Hyderabad

d)Mexico

3 7.What are True?

1)Pakke Wildlife Santuary Assam was awarded WWF PATA Bagh Mitra Awards

2) River Teesa or Tista is said to be the llife line of Sikkim.

2)Leila Lopes from Australia was crowned with Miss Universe 2011 at Brazil

a)1,2,3 b)1,2

c)1,3 d)2,3

38.The venue of 4th SAARC Folklore and Heritage Festival was held at?

a)Hyderabad

b)Chennai

c)Agra

d)Kolkatta

39.I)Lithuania was the First Baltic Country with which Double Taxation Avoidance agreement has

been signed by India


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II) Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is the book of Mohammad Hanif



40.The 2011 Noble Prize for chemistry is awarded for?

a) palladium catalyzed cross coupling in organic synthesis

b) discovery of quasi crystal

c) studies of structure and function of Ribosome

d) Green Florescent Protein

41) What are TRUE?

1. SARAL- Indo and U.S satellite

2. Beidou Chinese satellite for navigation

3. Bulava missile Russian

a)1,2 b) 2,3

c) 1,3 d) 1,2,3

42) SIMRAN is a new tracking system. It is related to which of the following ministry?

a) Rural Development

b) information and broadcasting.

c) environment & forestry

d) Railways

43) Which was the venue for 22nd CHOGM 2011?

a) New delhi b) china

c) Australia d) Brazil


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44) Which were the recommendations of 13th finance commission?

1. Disinvestment proceedings should go to the capital expenditure

2. Fiscal deficit to 3% by 2014

3. Revenue deficit nill by 2014

a) 1 only b) 2 only

c) 2 and 3 only d) 1,2 and 3

45) What are TRUE about Commonwealth of nations?

1. At present it has 54 member nations and last added was Rwanda

2. Present secretary general is kamalesh Sharma

3. He holds the post for 6 years

a) 1,2 b) 2,3

c) 1,2,3 d) 1,3

46) What are TRUE?

1. India has its own anti-tank missile

2.Which has a complete fiberglass structure

3.It is named as Nag.

a) 1,2 b) 1,3

c) 1,2,3 d) 2,3

47) Which department recently became Indias first digital signature enabled department?

a) Department of economic affairs

b) Department of expenditure

c) Directorate of auditor general


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d) Directorate general of foreign trade

48) I. According to 2011 census India's population has increased more than four times in 110 years.

II. India has 17.5 per cent of the world's population.

a) I correct b) II correct

c) Both correct d) Both wrong

49)What are TRUE?

1. Now Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously

2. In 2011 Ralph Steinman had died three days prior to the announcement of the prize.

3. The committee did not know about his death

4. He was awarded Nobel Medicine.

a) 1,2,3,4 b) 2,3,4

c) 1,3,4 d) all are wrong

50) In which of the following cities the metro systems are presently under construction?

1. Mumbai 2. Gurgaon

3. Jaipur 4.Hyderabad

5.Chennai

a) 1,2,3

b) 2,3,4

c) 1,3,4,5

d) 1,2,3,4,5

51) Ashok chawla is the new chairperson of ?

a) Competition commission of india


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b) National commission for minorities

c) National commission for BC

d) National commission for ST

52) The Navaratna company which has been cofferred Maharatna status recently is?

a) VSNL b) CIL

c) Gail d) NPCIL

53) I. The second National institute of design is to come up at Jorhat [assam].

II. The first is already established at Ahemadabad.

a)I correct b) II correct


54) Operation excellence is shortly called OPEX2012. It is related to?

a) CBD

b) London olympics

c) RIO+20 earth summit

d) Climate change

55) What are true about Tiger census 2011?

1. Karnataka topped the list with 300 tigers.

2. Kaziranga has a tiger population of 100, the largest in any reserve

3. Madhyapradesh occupies second highest tiger population with 257tigers.

a) 1,2,3 b) 1,2

c) 2,3 d) 1,3


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56) Which country is largest producer of Hydro power in the world?

a) India b) China

c) Russia d) USA

57) As per UN general assembly decision the year 2012 is?

1. year of Cooperatives

2.year of sustainable energy

3.year of Chemistry

a)1,2

b) 2,3

c) 1,3

d) 1,2,3

58) Penta valent vaccine will control which of the following diseases?

1. Diphtheria 2.Hepatitis B

3.H.influenza 4. Pertussis

5. tetanus

a) 1,2,3,4,5

b) 2,3

c) 1,3,4

d) 2,3,4

59) The Neyveli lignite corporation was recently conferred?

a) Maharatna status

b) Navaratna status

c) Miniratna-I


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d) Miniratna-II

60) What are TRUE ON BHARAT RATNA RULES?

1. Highest order in any field of human endeavour could be awarded.

2. It should be awarded to Indian citizens only.

3. Maximum of three Awards in a particular year.

4. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.

a) 2,3,4

b) 1,2,3

c) 1,2,3,4

d) 1,3,4

61) Find the wrong pair on Conference of parties to the UNFCCC?

a) 17th meet - Durban

b) 16th- Cancun,Mexico

c) 18TH Hyderabad, india

d) All are true.

62) Government have decided to establish Borlaug institute for south Asia at three places in india.

Which are the places?

1.Ludhiana

2. Pusa

3. Jabalpur

a) 1,2 b) 2,3

c) 1,3 d) 1,2,3


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63) Which is the venue of Kumbamela 2013?

a) Kasi

b) Allahabad

c) Varanasi

d) Ujjain

64) What are TRUE?

1. Train traveling the longest distance in India now is Vivek express.

2. It runs between Dibrugar and Kanyakumari

3. It replaced the Himsagar express as longest route.

a) 1,2,3 b) 2,3

c) 1,3 d) 1,2

65) What are true?

1. Shale gas is trapped in sedimentary rocks below the earths surface.

2.It is a conventional energy resource

a) Both 1 and 2 b) 1 only

c) 2 only d) neither 1 nor 2

66) Who became Indias first Prime Minister to have joined the elite club of singapore christenedFriends to our shore

a) Lal bahdhur sastri

b) Indra gandhi

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Manmohan singh

67) Which is NOT a member of IBSA?


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a) India

b) Brazil

c) Southafrica

d) Australia

68) I. Hathi mere saathi campaign is to save elephants.

II. Tiger is indias National heritage animal.



69) Caloric restriction slows down ageing by preventing an enzyme from being

inactivated. Which is the enzyme?

a) Peroxiredoxin

b) Oxytoxin

c) Pyridoxin

d) Tocopherol

70) Mark Boucher has become the first player to take 500 catches in test cricket he plays for which

nation?

a) Zimbabwe

b) England

c) New Zealand

d) South Africa

71) What are TRUE?

1. Human development index is prepared by UNEP


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2. The index looks at life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling.

3. And also it sees gross National income per capita.

a) 1,2 b) 2,3

c) 2 ONLY d) 1,2,3

72) I. As per census 2011 India's decadal population growth rate is 17.64%.

II. 50 per cent of India's population is under the age of 25.



73) Which city of India will host the world economic forums India Economic summit for the first

time in 26 years?

a) Mumbai b) New delhi

c) Chennai d) Jaipur

74) I. Vatican city is a member of European Union member.

II. It uses the Euro as its official currency.



75) Where is the secretariat of the Indian Ocean Rim association for regional cooperation?

a) Sanya, china

b) Addu island

c) Mauritius

d) Neirobi

76) Which of the following plant genome was recently, completely sequenced by Indian scientists?


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a) Pigeon pea b) Oriza sativa

c) Maize d) Brinjal

77) What are rightly matched?

1. Fukhushima nuclear plant- Japan

2. Tahir square - Egypt

3. Benghazi square - Sudan

a) 1,2,3 b) 1,2

c) 2,3 d) 3 only

78) Which are the regions have shale gas potential?

1. Assam

2. Tamilnadu

3. Gujarat

4. Gangetic plains

a) 1,2,3 b) 2,3,4

c) 1,2,4 d) 1,3,4

79) Saxena committee was set up by the ministry of rural development to advise the government on

which of the following?

a) Methodology for BPL census

b) Banking reforms

c) Women empowerment

d) Gender budgeting

80) Sutherland reports were related to?


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a) BPO industry

b) Doha talks

c) UNHRC

d) Look east policy

81.What are TRUE about 19th Law Commision of India?

1)Its term is 3 years from 2009 to 2012.

2)it Chairman is Jus P.V Reddy

3) Its Vice Chairman is Jus Shiv Kumar Sharma

4)Chiarman of First Law commission in pre independence was Macaullay andChairman of first

Law Commission of India constitutered in independent India in 1955 was Mr. M. C. Setalvad, who

was also the First Attorney General of India.

a)1,3 b)2,3

c)1,2,3,4 d)1,2,4

82.Find the WRONG pair

a)State bank of India-Pradeep choudry

b)Wajabat habubullah-Chaiman Minorities Commission

c)Srinivasan-Chaiman BCCI

d)Mamta Sharma-SEBI

83. Ramapada Chowdhary, a well-known Bengali novelist, was y conferred the -------- International

Prize 2011 for his work "Banpalashir Padabali". The award was instituted by the Indian Institute of

Planning and Managemen

a)Vivekananda Prize

b) Rabindranath Tagore Prize

c)Netaji Prize

d)Indhra Gandji Literary award


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84.Winner of Davis Cup 2011 is

a)Spain

b)Argentina

c)Serbia

d)USA

85.What are RIGHTLY matched on Census 2011?

1)Male Literacy-74.04%

2)Life Expectancy-64.7

3)Lowest decadal growth-Nagaland

a)1,2 b)1,3

c)2,3 d)1,2,3

86. Yukiya Amano, Japan is associated with

a)Asian Development bank

b)ASEAN

c)APEC

d)IAEA

87.What are RIGHTLY matched on BRIC Summits?

1)First Summit 2009-Brazil

2)Second Summit 2010-China

3)Third Summit 2010-Russia

4)Fourth Summit 2011-New Delhi

a)4 only b)1,3,4


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c)1,2,4 d)2,4 only

88. Kalamandalam Hemalatha who on January 6, 2011 entered the Guinness Book of World

Records for the longest dance marathon. Is performer of

a)Mohiniattam

b)Bharathanatiyam

c)Kathakali

d)Manipuri

89.What are TRUE about SAGA 220?

1)It is a supercomputer built by the Indian Space Research Organisation (

2) The name SAGA-220 stands for Supercomputer for Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220

teraflops

3)It has maximum theoretical speed of 220 TFlops.

a)1,2 b)1,3

c)2,3 d)1,2,3

90.In human development index 2011 which countries are below India

1)Sri Lanka

2)Pakisthan

3)Myanmar

4)Bhutan

a)1,2,3,4

b)2,3

c)2,3,4

d)3 only


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91. Tipaimukh Hydro Electricity project is proposed to be constructed on the tri-junction of

a)Tripura

b)Arunachal pradesh

c)Bihar Nepal border

d)Manipur

92.I)In India HDR 2011 Kerala tops the list

II)Indias second Institute of Designs is set up at Ahemedabad.



93.What are RIGHTLY matched?

1)Bharath Tirth Trains-16 intorduced

2)Namma metro-First to get Carbon Credit

3)Delhi Metro-Oldest Metro

a) 1 only b)2,3

c)1,2,3 d)3 only

94.What are TRUE about United nations Human Rights Council?

1) It is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations System. The UNHRC is the successorto the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

2)It has 47 members who are elected for a term of 3 years and cannot serve thord term.

3)It was set up in 2006 with Geneva as headquarters

4)India, Pakistan and Sri lanka are not memebrs at present.

a)1,2,3,4 b)1,2,3

c)2,3,4 d)3 only


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95.What are TRUE about members number of United nations Human Rights Council?

1)Asia and Africa-13 members each

2)East Europe- 6 memebrs

3)West Europe and other Countries- 7 members

4)latin American and Caribeean States-8 members.

a)1,2,3,4 b)1,2,3

c)2,3,4 d)3 only

96. Swabhimaan relates to

a)Social Welfare Scheme for women

b) Maternal Relief Progframme

c) Postal insurance Scheme

d) Banking Service in Rural areas.

97.SALVES is joint navy exercise of India with

a)Singapore

b)Sri lanka

c)Shangjai Cooperation org

d)USA

98.What are TRUE about Ranui Rashmoni?

1) She was the founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata

2)She was closely associated with Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa

3)Patrol vehicle launched by Hindusthan shipyard for Indian Coast Guard. has been named after her

a) 1 only b)2,3

c)1,2,3 d)3 only


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99.Which is diabetes Capital of the World today?

a)USA

b)India

c)China

d)Indonesia

100. NIRDESH Ship building research Centre is launched at

a)Vishakapattinam

b)Kozhikode

c)Tuticorin

d)Navi Mumbai

ANSWERS

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1)D-M.S.SWAMINATHAN WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GET THIS AWARD

2)A-Petra Kvitova is from Czhek Republic

3) C- HAZEMARA IS AT TRIPURA

4)B-10th summit Astana(Kazakastan)

5)C-Man booker international prize was first announced in the year 2005

... 6)B-This award was instituted in the year 1965-U thant was the first person

7-C-Kudermukh in Karnataka

8-C-

9-B-Nepal celebrated tourism year

10-C

11-D-Prahar is Surface to Surface Missile

12-A-Nariman is the Solicitor General of India


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13-B

14-B-Agni V tested from Chandipur Orissa

15) C

16)B

17)C-Maheswar project Madhyapradesh

18)B-FOR 2G

19)B-Roskomos Russian space agengy

20) B

21)D-Nam Summit Bali Indonesia

22-C

23)B

24-B-not around Earth, its around Sun

25)B-Colposcoopy is used to detect Cancer

26)-B

27)-D(Organic Farming-Ghaziabad)

28)D

29)A(World Athletic Championship-South Korea)

30) C

31)D-(10th Parvasi Bharatiya Divas held at Jaipur)

32)A(Palpur Kuno wildlife Sanctuary is at Madhya Pradesh)

33)B

34) B(Soputan is at Indonesia)

35)B(Typhoon Tales-Japan,First endanger lion tailed Silent Valley,Nelliampathy is in Kerala)

36) C

37)B-Leila from Angola

38)C


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39) C

40)B

41 B

42 D

43 C

44 D

45 A

46 C

47 D

48 C

49 A

50 D

51 A

52 B

53 C

54 B

55 A

56 B

57 A

58 A

59 B

60 D

61 C

62 D

63 B


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64 A

65 B

66 C

67 D

68 A

69 A

70 D

71 B

72 C

73 A

74 B

75 C

76 A

77 B

78 D

79 A

80 B

81 D

82 D

83 B

84 A

85 C

86 D

87 A

88 A

89 D


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90 C

91 D

92 A

93 A

94 B

95 A

96 D

97 D

98 C

99 C

100 B

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